Agricultural Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Bioresource Technology	105
2	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	81
3	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	68
-	Industrial Crops and Products	68
5	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	66
6	CATENA	58
7	Geoderma	53
8	Agricultural Water Management	52
9	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	50
10	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	48
-	Scientia Horticulturae	48
12	Soil & Tillage Research	46
13	Biomass & Bioenergy	45
14	Postharvest Biology and Technology	44
-	Applied Soil Ecology	44
-	Field Crops Research	44
17	Poultry Science	43
18	Journal of Dairy Science	42
19	Agricultural Systems	38
20	Biosystems Engineering	37
21	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	36
-	Plant and Soil	36
23	British Food Journal	35
24	Food Policy	34
-	Animal	34
26	European Journal of Agronomy	33
-	Land Degradation & Development	33
-	Pest Management Science	33
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	33
30	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	31
-	Pedosphere	31
-	Precision Agriculture	31
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	31
34	Biology and Fertility of Soils	27
35	Journal of Soils and Sediments	26
36	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	25
-	Animal Feed Science and Technology	25
38	Journal of Animal Science	24
39	Agronomy Journal	23
-	Crop Protection	23
-	Rice	23
-	Soil Use and Management	23
-	Gesunde Pflanzen	23
44	European Journal of Soil Science	22
-	Agriculture and Human Values	22
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	22
-	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	22
48	Rice Science	21
-	Aquacultural Engineering	21
50	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	20

-	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	20
-	Livestock Science	20
-	Plant Pathology	20
-	Soil Science Society of America Journal	20
-	Agricultural Economics	20
56	Tropical Animal Health and Production	19
-	American Journal of Agricultural Economics	19
-	Animal Reproduction Science	19
59	Crop Science	18
-	Irrigation Science	18
-	Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science	18
-	China Agricultural Economic Review	18
-	Worlds Poultry Science Journal	18
-	Sugar Tech	18
-	Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition	18
66	Agroforestry Systems	17
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
68	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	16
-	Crop & Pasture Science	16
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	16
-	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability	16
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	16
-	Molecular Breeding	16
74	European Journal of Plant Pathology	15
-	Journal of Applied Poultry Research	15
-	Outlook on Agriculture	15
-	Cereal Research Communications	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Potato Research	15
-	Reproduction in Domestic Animals	15
-	Eurasian Soil Science	15
-	Hortscience	15
-	Animal Biotechnology	15
-	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science	15
85	Small Ruminant Research	14
-	International Journal of Plant Production	14
-	Journal of Agricultural Economics	14
-	Aquaculture Economics & Management	14
-	Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics	14
-	European Review of Agricultural Economics	14
-	Animal Genetics	14
-	Annals of Agricultural Sciences	14
93	Weed Science	13
-	Agribusiness	13
-	Erwerbs-Obstbau	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	13
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	13
-	Plant Soil and Environment	13
100	Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental	12
-	Euphytica	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Science	12
-	Animal Production Science	12
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	12
-	Canadian Journal of Soil Science	12
-	Weed Research	12
-	Weed Technology	12
-	Irrigation and Drainage	12
-	Journal of Land Use Science	12
-	Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research	12
-	Plant Breeding	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
114	Tree Genetics & Genomes	11
-	Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems	11
-	International Food and Agribusiness Management Review	11
-	Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics	11
-	Annals of Applied Biology	11
-	Journal of Reproduction and Development	11
-	Mycobiology	11
-	Domestic Animal Endocrinology	11
-	Soil Research	11
-	Grass and Forage Science	11
-	International Journal of Fruit Science	11
-	Journal of Applied Animal Research	11
-	Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology	11
-	Pedobiologia	11
-	Phytoparasitica	11
129	Seed Science and Technology	10
-	Horttechnology	10
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	10
-	American Journal of Enology and Viticulture	10
-	Animal Science Journal	10
-	Breeding Science	10
-	British Poultry Science	10
-	Czech Journal of Animal Science	10
-	Soil and Water Research	10
-	International Agrophysics	10
-	Journal of Dairy Research	10
-	Paddy and Water Environment	10
-	Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research	10
-	Plant Production Science	10
143	Experimental Agriculture	9
-	Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika	9
-	Plant Protection Science	9
-	Ciencia Rural	9
-	Revista Caatinga	9
-	International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering	9
-	Arid Land Research and Management	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research	9
-	Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie	9
152	Turkish Journal of Field Crops	8
-	Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science	8
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	8
-	Archives of Animal Nutrition	8
-	Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science	8
-	Canadian Journal of Animal Science	8
-	Acta Scientiarum-Agronomy	8
-	Agrekon	8
-	Journal of Agricultural Engineering	8
-	American Journal of Potato Research	8
-	Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences	8
-	Journal of Poultry Science	8
164	Weed Biology and Management	7
-	World Rabbit Science	7
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	7
-	Engenharia Agricola	7
-	South African Journal of Animal Science	7
-	Grassland Science	7
-	Bragantia	7
-	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science	7
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias	7
-	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	7
-	Journal of Agricultural Sciences-Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi	7
-	Journal of Wine Economics	7

176	Zemdirbyste-Agriculture	6
-	Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia-Brazilian Journal of Animal Science	6
-	Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana	6
-	Horticultural Science	6
-	Acta Scientiarum Polonorum-Hortorum Cultus	6
-	Allelopathy Journal	6
-	Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology	6
-	Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura	6
-	European Journal of Horticultural Science	6
-	Horticultura Brasileira	6
-	Indian Journal of Animal Sciences	6
-	Italian Journal of Agronomy	6
-	Biological Agriculture & Horticulture	6
-	Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira	6
190	JARQ-Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly	5
-	Avian Biology Research	5
-	California Agriculture	5
-	Genetika-Belgrade	5
-	Journal of Agricultural Meteorology	5
-	Legume Research	5
-	Bioscience Journal	5
-	Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science	5
-	Cahiers Agricultures	5
-	Ciencia e Agrotecnologia	5
200	Revista Ciencia Agronomica	4

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